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Shloka 144

अध्याय १४६ — निशायां सात्यकिदुर्योधनयुद्धम् / Chapter 146 — Night Battle: Sātyaki and Duryodhana; Śakuni’s Encirclement of Arjuna

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि सात्यकिप्रशंसायां चतुश्चत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi sātyakipraśaṃsāyāṃ catuścatvāriṃśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

かくして『シュリー・マハーバーラタ』ドローナ・パルヴァ（Droṇa Parva）、「ジャヤドラタ討伐」の章中、「サーティヤキ讃嘆」の段における第百四十六章は終わる。

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

द्रोणपर्वणिin the Drona Parva

जयद्रथवधपर्वणिin the (sub-)parva of the slaying of Jayadratha

सात्यकिप्रशंसायाम्in the praise of Satyaki

चतुश्चत्वारिंशत्forty-four

अधिकadditional; over and above

शततमःhundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Droṇa Parva

Jayadratha

Sātyaki

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse does not teach a doctrine directly; it frames the ethical memory of the war by formally recording that Sātyaki’s valor is being praised within the Jayadratha-slaying narrative, highlighting how courage and loyalty are recognized even amid tragic conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line signals the conclusion of the chapter: it identifies the text as part of the Droṇa Parva, specifically within the Jayadratha-vadha section, and notes that the chapter’s focus includes the praise of Sātyaki.